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sick. Cleared at Customs on July 13tli. 



Brig John Hawkes from Limerick. 120 passengers, all well. 

 Capt. Richard. 



In History and Geological Record of the first settlers of Col- 

 chester Go. , N. S. , by Thos. Miller, I find the following in re 

 Miramichi Fire : 



••On the 7th October, 1825, there was the great fire in Miramichi 

 in which 160 persons perished, 595 buildings wer^ burned, and 

 875 horses and cattle were lost. The total of property destroyed 

 was estimated at £994,092 and 8000 square miles of country 

 laid waste. In Great Britain, United States and British Colonies 

 about £174,428 were subscribed for the relief of the sufferers. " 

 —J B. 



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